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Find short articles for professional learning communities, Socratic Seminars, professional development, staff, vertical-teaming and grade-level meetings. Many offer free Webinars with famous authors. Click on the name of the site to learn more. I recommend joining these FREE Web sites and/or email services:
LikeToRead.com My site: explanation of each proficient reader strategy and over 130 lessons.. Also, a book list is available for further study.
LikeToWrite.com - My Site: FREE writing lesson plans and units in PDF format. Interactive notebooks (daybooks) and reflection activities.
LikeToWrite Facebook Karen posts one idea to use in school or to think about every day. The site brings authors and teachers together.
  1. FREE Units for any subject any grade level match the common core from Kentucky. Check this out!
  2. FREE INFORMATIONAL TEXT LESSON PLANS: Common Core Teaching and Learning Strategies: Informational Standards K-5, draft from Illinois. Just the graphic organizers in the back are worth the peek.
  3. FREE READING LITERATURE LESSON PLANS Common Core Teaching and Learning Strategies: Literature Standards K-5, draft from Illinois.
  4. Free PLANBOOK online - with Common Core Standards - PlanbookEdu. Added 4/10/13.
  5. FREE CLIPART FOR SCHOOL!
  6. ASCD SmartBrief Short bits emailed weekly keeping you up to date on education issues in the news.
  7. The Book Whisperer Blog about books and classroom issues.
  8. Choice Literacy Fabulous site to learn about teaching strategies. Go to the site and get plenty of things free. Or - join for $99 a year and get videos of Aimee Buckner, Debbie Miller, Janet Allen, The Sisters and more, featured articles, book recommendations and more to use in PD or PLCs.
  9. Choice Literacy Big Fresh Brenda Powers emails a column and featured suggestions to you every Saturday.
  10. Education Week Keep up to date with weekly summaries and links for further reading emailed to you.
  11. Education Week Teacher Teacher trends emailed to you weekly in a short, linked format.
  12. fear.less Weekly newspaper and monthly magazine emailed to you. Brief, thoughtful blog helps readers face their fears and move beyond the roadblocks.
  13. Literacy Head - Reading and writing using visual arts. Free membership and pay for membership.
  14. Get Something For Nothing Free resources for teachers, which will be especially helpful with tight budgets next year.
  15. Reading Next: Although the report is for middle and high school readers, I quote data from this source to support "best-practice" reading instruction. Take a look at the statistics on the teaching that matters. PDF format you can download.
  16. Stenhouse - blog, one page is devoted to listing authors and their websites.
  17. Edinformatics Education Directories from lessons to Internet Resources to Parent Pages to...you name it!
  18. What Ed Said Weekly blog, often in a top-10 format: 10 reflective writing ideas or 10 ways to collaborate. Short, easy reads right on the money and perfect for PD or PLCs.

Links work as of 5/27/13